'Boom—boom—boom'—the hollow sound comes rolling with a noise like beating a bass drum.
And that wonderful saxophone and the big bass drum!
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bass drum
The concerto begins with a brief fusillade of demisemiquavers from the violins, underpinned by thebassdrumand capped by flourishes from the soloists.
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The ostinato was played throughout onbassdrumby a pupil.
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The effect is underwritten by the addition of abassdrumroll, a deep vibration which is felt as much as heard.
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His last changes in instrumentation were the addition, in red ink, of cymbals andbassdrum.
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Thebassdrum, scarcely heard hitherto, is much in evidence.
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The most masculine instrument was found to be tuba, followed by string bass, trumpet,bassdrumand saxophone.
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With one-to-one help and a metronome backing (a dance-style repeatedbassdrum) each member of the class devised his or her own simple pattern.
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The piece is scored for a solo percussionist playing a battery of tom toms and drums, and three players playing a single largebassdrum.
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The primary purpose of this is to prevent thebassdrumand hi-hat stand from slipping on a wooden floor or similar slippery surface.
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Along with the "bombo", abassdrumplayed with one stick, the "tamboril" is typically found as accompaniment to bagpipes.
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Rimshots are rare on abassdrumand usually only happen on the top drums.
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Its function is usually that of the archetypicalbassdrum.
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A doublebassdrumpedal operates much the same way only with a second footplate controlling a second beater on the same drum.
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As the chorus is sang the third time, abassdrumis also added in the flow.
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The heavy metal gallop, named for a horse's canter, is based on abassdrumpattern of one eighth followed by two sixteenths.
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